Afghanistan should be able to core Pakistan

[Spelaren]

Every Afghan government since the creation of Pakistan has claimed that area as theirs no matter what.

 

[Iskulya]

Kinda like half the world is really rightful Chinese clay without realizing it, right?

 

[Duke_Dave]

The pashtuns don't accept the durand line, that isn't all of Pakistan, during ww2 the Germans promised them the Pashtunnareas and everything else down to Karachi.
I am posting in a thread about a future Afghan NF, link is in my signature, I think conquests and the ability to core should be in that. But giving Afghanistan the ability to core right now is not really sensical. They could add the durrani empire as a formable nation though.

 

[ThaHoward]

If anything they should have secterian woes like Turkey. They may core Pashtun territory, but face opposition from various tribes and Uzbeks, Turkmens, etc etc.

 

[Paul.Ketcham]

A decision to core the two border provinces (Quetta and Peshawar?) might make sense, just not the rest. The border between Pakistan and Afghanistan is stupidly-porous, and honestly those provinces have more in common with the Afghan Pashtuns than Herat does (which is largely Tajik).

There are plenty of small border adjustments where adding a coring decision after a war (so the AI isn't justifying claims all the time, but still gets access to them) could fix some minor issues like the Ecuador-Peru border conflict or Bolivia and Antigofasta.

 

[Duke_Dave]

If anything they should have secterian woes like Turkey. They may core Pashtun territory, but face opposition from various tribes and Uzbeks, Turkmens, etc etc.

I think they should be able to either go down a path where they emphasize religion and strife for a central asian empire transcending Ethnic identities or for for Pashtoo nationalism. The later maybe being the join Axis fascist path the former the create your own faction fascist path.

 

[Znail]

The key requirement for having core in an area is not that a country claims they own it, it's that the population in that area agrees with that claim.

 

[Duke_Dave]

The key requirement for having core in an area is not that a country claims they own it, it's that the population in that area agrees with that claim.

Yes and no, Bulgaria can core the entire Balkans which is absurd. Greece can get cores on the former empire of Alexander the great.

 

[Aeroclub]

Yes and no, Bulgaria can core the entire Balkans which is absurd. Greece can get cores on the former empire of Alexander the great.

Yes, and these are very, very poor design choices that the game would've been better off without imo.

 

[GrandVezir]

Yes, and these are very, very poor design choices that the game would've been better off without imo.

But at least they're consistent: Austria-Hungary, Qing China, the Roman Empire, the European Union, and the Imperial Federation all give ludicrous numbers of cores when they're realized.

 

[Znail]

But at least they're consistent: Austria-Hungary, Qing China, the Roman Empire, the European Union, and the Imperial Federation all give ludicrous numbers of cores when they're realized.

They also require you to own the entire empire you want to recreate before you can do so, wich makes it rather diffrent then getting free cores in nearby countries that you wish to own. It's not quite as far fetched that people would find it more agreable to join the restored Roman Empire, compared with just accepting being taken over by Italy when it's just the size of Italy.

 

[ThaHoward]

Yes and no, Bulgaria can core the entire Balkans which is absurd. Greece can get cores on the former empire of Alexander the great.

Another issue. I believe Byzantine empire etc should not get cores, but only claims outside their heartland. Bulgaria should at most only get cores/claims on lands stipulated by San Stefano.